Tyler Perry

I want to own a network. I want to own a network where you can turn it on with your family all day long and get positive reinforcement.

Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me.

'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.